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I think there are some players born to play ball.

Joe DiMaggio

When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team … that’s when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Championship Famer Five Pennant Potential Six Team Win
The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Absolute Death Kiss Nice Person Picture Say Thing Worst
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Club Feel Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
I’m proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Back Come Contentment Country Found Happiness More Proud Since Yankee
All pitchers are born pitchers.
JOE DIMAGGIO

All Born Pitch Pitcher
I thought he had been shot.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Been Had Shot Thought
I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Actor Ballplayer
We need a hit, so here I go.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Go Here Hot Need
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
JOE DIMAGGIO

Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Anyone Big Each Other Family Help Kid Know League Made Minute One Practice Three
The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don’t want to disappoint him.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Before Kid never Play Reason Seen Some Somewhere
Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Day Every Put Uniform
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Against Catch Come Fence Outfielder Skill Test
You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Feel Hardest Ought Run Worst
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Ball Belong Kid League Major Many Play Today Too
Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Apologize Cab Driver Guy Later Over Serious Thirty Years

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